"You hate people like me but you are happy to use me"

"you hate people like me but you are happy to use me" ... it is a quote I paraphrased from Shelley Lubben and am very fond of it. In the case of American Idol's latest controversy, seems apt. Whether it is the blow of relationship revenge or shameless self promotion ... Antonella Barba has shown the true colours of our puerile nature. Presently Antonella Barba is the highest search term in Technorati, ahead of the Oscars, Myspace, Youtube, Britney Spears and Al Gore ... as my friend put it "We are interested in dick sucking, not planet fucking."

While her blow job demonstration was hardly educational the release of this material happens because of society's insatiable appetite for other people's lives. More than the success and celebration of others, we prefer to see them fail. We need to realise that we USE these people. We consume them. Build them up, burn them out then forget them. Think about that before you Google Antonella Barba.

Voyeurism is a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. Such people may be engaged in sexual acts, or be nude or in underwear, or dressed in whatever other way the "voyeur" finds appealing. The word derives from French verb voir (to see) with the -eur suffix that translates as -er in English. A literal translation would then be “seer” or "observer", with pejorative connotations.

Also, the word voyeur can define someone who receives enjoyment from witnessing other people's suffering or misfortune.